Tabla de Contenidos: “…To rise in greater splendor : John Andre's Errant knights -- "The body" of David Garrick : Richard Brinsley Sheridan, America and the ends of theatre -- Celebrations. …”

“…Each chapter investigates different moments in the American crisis through the analysis of scenes of social and theatrical performance and through careful readings of works by figures such as Richard Brinsley Sheridan, William Cowper, Hannah More, Arthur Murphy, Hannah Cowley, George Colman, and Georg Friedrich Handel. …”